Ken Follett
Ken Follett is a Welsh thriller writer who made his name with Eye of the Needle, a taut WWII espionage thriller, before achieving massive commercial success with his historical epics. The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End are among the best-selling historical novels ever published. He has sold over 160 million books worldwide.
Works
- Eye of the NeedleEspionage thriller about Nazi spy hiding in England during World War II
- The Key to RebeccaWartime spy novel set in North Africa involving mystery and hidden secrets
- The Man from St. PetersburgHistorical thriller about a Russian revolutionary's mission to assassinate Lenin
- The Pillars of the EarthEpic medieval novel chronicling cathedral builders across generations and dynasties
- World Without EndHistorical epic following English town rebuilding cathedral over two centuries
- Fall of GiantsWorld War I epic following five families through the Great War's upheaval